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THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS. PAUL PRAYS THAT WE BE, ” PRESERVED COMPLETE AND BLAMELESS UNTO THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (AT THE RAPTURE) “ (5:23) COMPLETE – MEANS “WITH INTEGRITY,” “TOTAL,” “INTACT,” “UNDAMAGED.” BLAMELESS – HOLY & W/O BLEMISH OR DEFECT.

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THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

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  1. THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

  2. PAUL PRAYS THAT WE BE, ”PRESERVEDCOMPLETE AND BLAMELESS UNTO THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (AT THE RAPTURE) “ (5:23) • COMPLETE – MEANS “WITH INTEGRITY,” “TOTAL,” “INTACT,” “UNDAMAGED.” • BLAMELESS – HOLY & W/O BLEMISH OR DEFECT. ‘HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, EVEN AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT; THAT HE MIGHT SANCTIFY AND CLEANSE IT WITH THE WASHING OF WATER BY THE WORD, THAT HE MIGHT PRESENT IT TO HIMSELF A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT HAVING SPOT, OR WRINKLE, OR ANY SUCH THING; BUT THAT IT SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH. “ (EPH. 5:25-27) • PRESERVED – “KEPT.” GOD KEEP US IN THE PATH OF HOLINESS: UNTIL WE RECEIVEOUR ULTIMATE SANCTIFICATION. “BUT HE THAT SHALL ENDURE UNTO THE END, THE SAME SHALL BE SAVED. “ (MATT. 24:13)

  3. GOD AFFIRMS THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL BELIEVERS SINLESS FOREVER. “AT THE COMING OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.“ (5:23c) “NOW THIS I SAY, BRETHREN, THAT FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD; NEITHER DOTH CORRUPTION INHERIT INCORRUPTION. BEHOLD, I SHEW YOU A MYSTERY; WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED, IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMP: FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED. FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY. SO WHEN THIS CORRUPTIBLE SHALL HAVE PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL SHALL HAVE PUT ON IMMORTALITY, THEN SHALL BE BROUGHT TO PASS THE SAYING THAT IS WRITTEN, DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY.“ (1COR. 15:50-54)

  4. “ BRETHREN, I COUNT NOT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED (ATTAINED): BUT THIS ONE THING I DO (I KNOW), FORGETTING THOSE THINGS (RUNNERS) WHICH ARE BEHIND, AND REACHING FORTH UNTO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEFORE, I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE (IMPERISHABLE CROWN) OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.” (PHIL. 3:23-14) “FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THAT BRINGETH SALVATION HATH APPEARED TO ALL MEN, TEACHING US THAT, DENYING UNGODLINESS AND WORLDLY LUSTS, WE SHOULD LIVE SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSLY, AND GODLY, IN THIS PRESENT WORLD;” (TITUS 2:11-12) • SANCTIFICATION INVOLVES THE RENEWING OF THE MIND. “AND BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD: BUT BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YE MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD, AND ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT, WILL OF GOD. “(ROM. 12:2)

  5. IT ALSO INVOLVES THE PUTTING ON OF CHRISTLIKENESS. “LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY IN ALL WISDOM; TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER IN PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, SINGING WITH GRACE IN YOUR HEARTS TO THE LORD. AND WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED, DO ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, GIVING THANKS TO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM. “ (COL. 3:16-17) • THESE CHANGES OCCUR AS THE HOLY SPIRIT CONTINUALLY USES GOD’S WORD (TRUTH) IN OUR LIVES. “SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH. “ (JOHN 17:17) “ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE PERFECT, THROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKS. (2 TIM. 3:16-17)

  6. SANCTIFICATION OCCURS CHIEFLY IN THE INNER MAN – IN OUR HEART, OUR MIND, – IT IS NOT CONCERNED WITH CHANGING OUR OUTWARD BEHAVIOR. “THEREFORE WE CONCLUDE THAT A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH WITHOUT THE DEEDS OF THE LAW. “ (ROM. 3:28) • NOR IN LIMITING OUR ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS TO AN ARBITRARY CODE, RULES, OR REGULATIONS. ”FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT MEAT AND DRINK; BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND PEACE, AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST.“ (ROM. 14:17) “LET NO MAN THEREFORE JUDGE YOU IN MEAT, OR IN DRINK, OR IN RESPECT OF AN HOLYDAY, OR OF THE NEW MOON, OR OF THE SABBATH DAYS: (TOUCH NOT; TASTE NOT; HANDLE NOT; WHICH ALL ARE TO PERISH WITH THE USING;) AFTER THE COMMANDMENTS AND DOCTRINES OF MEN? WHICH THINGS HAVE INDEED A SHEW OF WISDOM IN WILL WORSHIP, AND HUMILITY, AND NEGLECTING OF THE BODY; NOT IN ANY HONOUR TO THE SATISFYING OF THE FLESH. “ (COL. 2:16-23)

  7. SANCTIFICATION IS PRIMARILY AN INWARD GRACE, BUT IT DOES AFFECT A CHRISTIAN’S OUTWARD ACTIONS. ”WHOSE ADORNING LET IT NOT BE THAT OUTWARD ADORNING OF PLAITING THE HAIR, AND OF WEARING OF GOLD, OR OF PUTTING ON OF APPAREL; BUT LET IT BE THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART, IN THAT WHICH IS NOT CORRUPTIBLE, EVEN THE ORNAMENT OF A MEEK AND QUIET SPIRIT, WHICH IS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD OF GREAT PRICE. “ (1PET. 3:3-4) • THE BIBLE ALWAYS REFERS TO SANCTIFICATION AS A BEAUTIFUL REALITY. ” THY PEOPLE SHALL BE WILLING IN THE DAY OF THY POWER, IN THE BEAUTIES OF HOLINESS FROM THE WOMB OF THE MORNING: THOU HAST THE DEW OF THY YOUTH. “ (PS. 110:3)

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